1. Conflict of Interest
    Barry Spencer Barry Spencer United States says:
    July 26, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    I don't doubt that your findings are accurate.

    But you are missing the major conflict of interest. It's in the dialysis companies financial interest to keep the patient on dialysis...also, dialysis social workers are too busy to help someone pursue a kidney transplant. They may know a little about registering for a deceased donor but they have no idea how to help a patient pursue living donation.

    There are over 400,000 people on kidney dialysis and only 92,000 on the kidney transplant waiting list. Many, maybe even most people on dialysis aren't healthy enough to have a transplant...but they were when they started dialysis.

    Per CMS guidelines, dialysis companies are suppose to tell patients about kidney transplants....but it's a CONFLICT OF INTEREST!!!!

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